CRIME & SAFETY
Missing, endangered alert canceled for Johnston County man
SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons has canceled an alert for a Johnston County man. The alert was canceled on Tuesday at 8:58 a.m. Monday right before 6 p.m., they issued a missing endangered alert for 70-year-old Joseph William Kopinke, of Smithfield. Authorities said Kopinke is endangered because he was believed to be suffering from a cognitive impairment.
Man, woman dead in Goldsboro double homicide
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WNCN) — A man and a woman are dead after a homicide in Goldsboro that happened on Saturday. On Saturday shortly after 4:30 p.m., officers with the Goldsboro Police Department responded to a welfare check in the 400 block of Fussell Street. After police arrived, they found...
'It's too high:' Goldsboro mayor addresses 7 deaths in 10 days
Jodeci Rivers is raising six kids in the city of Goldsboro. When he heard that the Goldsboro Police Department was investigating seven deaths in just 10 days, his mind went to them. "All I do is think about them all the time," Rivers said. "I don't want them to go...
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